im the owner of this fish by the way and these fish eat none stop. this may sound cruel. but, when i gave it to bill88. it just didnt grow a cm. . . i took him back and put him on a super-size- me programme. he was 4'' and i put him in a 24x24x15 tank all by him self and fed it 4 times a day on just tetra min flakes. he had no choice but to eat due to the small tank and every where he turned there was food. did this for a whole month, along with daily 40% waterchanges and he grew from 4 to 12/14'' in 4 months.
tetramin is what they love and its easily digested.
hes in a 6x3x2 now with pearsei.